I think human curation has failed. Ideological downvotes have killed the signal to noise ratio of all four of these sites.
Uncontrolled, collective curation has a lot of flaws, perhaps, but 'human curation' generally is more important than ever particularly from individuals or small groups. You just need to choose your gatekeepers carefully and steer clear of the herd mentality if it doesn't work for you.
Uncontrolled, collective curation has a lot of flaws, perhaps, but 'human curation' generally is more important than ever particularly from individuals or small groups. You just need to choose your gatekeepers carefully and steer clear of the herd mentality if it doesn't work for you.